[EnergyPlus_Support] Does EnergyPlus support daylighting through internal windows in floors?

["lawrenceblount" <lawrenceblount@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I am fairly new to EnergyPlus, although I have used Ecotect and Tas 
before.
I have a light well that is effectively a window in the floor of an 
attic space.  The attic has some skylights.
I am finding that when I add a matching pair of windows to the internal 
ceiling and floor objects that the whole midefloor becomes transparent 
to direct solar.  If I remove the internal windows the midfloor then 
becomes completely opaque.

I would like comments as to whether I am likely to be making some 
errors or this function is outside the capability of E+. The capability 
is available in wall elements.

Cheers
Lawrence



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